Re: OnCtlColor - C / C++ / MFC Discussion Boards

User 21559726-Feb-04 18:07

26-Feb-04 18:07

Hi,
I have a main window in which I am displaying a bitmap using BitBlt in WM_PAINT.

In this window I have a 3 static controls.
I want to make them transperent ie: only their text appears.
I am using WM_CTLCOLORSTATIC for setting font and text color.

We need to return Brush from the WM_CTLCOLORSTATIC message...
I am using SetBkMode(hDC,TRANSPARENT)in this message and returning HOLLOW_BRUSH

Now in one of this static control I am changing its text using SetWindowText(...) frequently.
The problem is that all the text i m changing is looking all overlapped....
(I know this thing happens when one uses SS_SIMPLE style of static control ... I am not using this style)

what can be the problem.

Can anybody help me with this.

modified 21-Apr-21 21:01pm.

Platform SDK: January 2004 Edition

Robert Buldoc26-Feb-04 17:54

Robert Buldoc

26-Feb-04 17:54

I just noticed Platform SDK: January 2004 Edition is available on Microsofts website. However, when I go to download it it just shows me the old SDK. Is it not available for download yet? I desperately need to get and even if I pay for it I still have to wait 2 weeks to get the CDs.

Any information?
Thanks

[Update]
I just went to order the CD and all I see available is the order SDK's, the new one is still not there!
[/Update]

Combine two icons

mjvalan26-Feb-04 17:51

mjvalan

26-Feb-04 17:51

Hai,
I am ving two icon handles, and want to combine them. So that one will be the overlay over the another. I tried with the following code, but it is not displaying properly. Any other solutions?

HICON CAutoDocuFileDlg::CombineIcons(HICON topIcon,HICON bottomIcon)
{// begin CombineIcons
ICONINFO newIcon;
newIcon.fIcon = true;
HDC screenDC = ::GetDC(NULL);
HDC iconDC = CreateCompatibleDC(screenDC);
HDC maskDC = CreateCompatibleDC(screenDC);
newIcon.hbmColor = CreateCompatibleBitmap(screenDC,16,16);
newIcon.hbmMask = CreateCompatibleBitmap(maskDC,16,16);
HGDIOBJ oldIconDC = ::SelectObject(iconDC,newIcon.hbmColor);
HGDIOBJ oldMaskDC = ::SelectObject(maskDC,newIcon.hbmMask);
BitBlt(iconDC,0,0,16,16,NULL,0,0,BLACKNESS);
BitBlt(maskDC,0,0,16,16,NULL,0,0,WHITENESS);

DrawIconEx(iconDC,0,0,topIcon,16,16,NULL,NULL,DI_
IMAGE);
BitBlt(iconDC,0,0,16,16,NULL,0,0,DSTINVERT); //
DrawIconEx(maskDC,0,0,topIcon,16,16,NULL,NULL,DI_
MASK);
DrawIconEx(iconDC,0,0,bottomIcon,16,16,NULL,NULL,
DI_NORMAL);
BitBlt(iconDC,0,0,16,16,NULL,0,0,DSTINVERT);
DrawIconEx(maskDC,0,0,bottomIcon,16,16,NULL,NULL,
DI_MASK);
BitBlt(maskDC,0,0,16,16,NULL,0,0,DSTINVERT);

::SelectObject(iconDC,oldIconDC);
::SelectObject(maskDC,oldMaskDC);
HICON newFileIcon = CreateIconIndirect(&newIcon);
::ReleaseDC(NULL,screenDC);
DeleteDC(maskDC);
DeleteDC(iconDC);
DeleteObject(newIcon.hbmColor);
DeleteObject(newIcon.hbmMask);
DeleteObject(oldIconDC);
DeleteObject(oldMaskDC);
return newFileIcon;
}// end CombineIcons

run BindToRecordset error: IDispatch error #3105

lynhoo26-Feb-04 15:16

lynhoo

26-Feb-04 15:16

if (FAILED (hr = pRs->QueryInterface (__uuidof (IADORecordBinding),
(LPVOID*)&pCirtype)))
_com_issue_error (hr);

if (FAILED (hr = pCirtype->BindToRecordset (&m_tableCirtype)))
_com_issue_error (hr);

CMultiColumnComboBox Help

DougW4826-Feb-04 15:03

DougW48

26-Feb-04 15:03

I recently added the .h and .cpp files from this link:

http://www.codeproject.com/combobox/mccombobox.asp

It says in the directions to add the line #include "MultiColumnComboBox.h" in the .cpp file, but then the visual studios won't recognize variables of this type in the .h file. Besides, the demo project on the link actually includes the library in the .h file of the class using it...so I did that. Now I'm getting a linker error for every function call that I try to make with the variables I declare of type CMultiColumnComboBox. The view classes I'm using these variables in are CFormView classes. Any ideas would be appreciated...Thanks a ton!

Douglas A. Wright
dawrigh3@kent.edu

OnCtlColor

alex.barylski26-Feb-04 15:01

alex.barylski

26-Feb-04 15:01

I can't for the life of me get 2 STATIC controls to use a white background instead of system COLOR_BTNFACE or whatever that color is.

Can someone give me the code required to change 2 named STATIC controls background color to white?

I have tried returning a white brush, but if I test the window handles to see if they match the STATIC controls inside OnCtlColor nothing happens??? Confused | :confused:

I'm lost and getting mad

Any help appreciated

Cheers

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Re: OnCtlColor

Prakash Nadar26-Feb-04 17:18

Prakash Nadar

26-Feb-04 17:18

Try posting the code please Smile | :)

may be that will bemore helpfull in debuging.

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Re: OnCtlColor

alex.barylski26-Feb-04 21:23

alex.barylski

26-Feb-04 21:23

I stole this code form the MSDN article the last poster sent me...I ave no idea where m_brush comes from, but regardless the following ode doesn't work either....

I dunno if it's because I call SetDialogBkColor() in InitInstance or what, but this is pissin me off Smile | :)

HBRUSH hbr = CDragDialog::OnCtlColor(pDC, pWnd, nCtlColor);
	
// Are we painting the IDC_MYSTATIC control? We can use
// CWnd::GetDlgCtrlID() to perform the most efficient test.
if(pWnd->GetDlgCtrlID() == IDC_STATIC_ACCOUNT){
      
  // Set the text color to red
  //pDC->SetTextColor(RGB(255, 0, 0));

  // Set the background mode for text to transparent 
  pDC->SetBkMode(TRANSPARENT);

  // Return handle to our CBrush object
  //hbr = m_brush;
}

return hbr;

Thanks

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Re: OnCtlColor

Prakash Nadar26-Feb-04 21:34

Prakash Nadar

26-Feb-04 21:34

You have to return a hbursh or the pdc settings is ignored,

the m_brush is a member variable of the dialog which is created during its initialization. you wanted to make the background white rite, so create a member variable of CBrush with RGB(255,255,255) and return this brush from the OnCtlColor method.

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Re: OnCtlColor

Selvam R26-Feb-04 19:46

Selvam R

26-Feb-04 19:46

Hello,

you get the two STATIC controls IDs and change the background color on CWnd::OnCtlColor.

you llok at the example from,

http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/default.asp?url=/library/en-us/vcmfc98/html/_mfc_cwnd.3a3a.onctlcolor.asp

With Regards,
R.Selvam

Odd memory leak cleans self upon window minimization

extremestan26-Feb-04 11:03

extremestan

26-Feb-04 11:03

I have a memory leak in my Windows GUI program. When I go to my task manager I see the memory usage increasing by about 200k every second. I haven't been able to isolate it completely, but I notice that whenever I minimize the window, the memory usage jumps back to about 1070k and then restarts its slow ascent as it's minimized. Anybody have any idea what's happening? I have an OpenGL child window.

Re: Odd memory leak cleans self upon window minimization

l a u r e n26-Feb-04 21:26

l a u r e n

26-Feb-04 21:26

well i reckon u be allocating memory that ur not freeing
cos its happening when the window is showing i guess ur drawing stuff that requires memory to build the models

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Re: Odd memory leak cleans self upon window minimization

David Crow27-Feb-04 5:43

David Crow

27-Feb-04 5:43

Read the last section of this article.

"The pointy end goes in the other man." - Antonio Banderas (Zorro, 1998)

Re: Odd memory leak cleans self upon window minimization

Member 101882314-Apr-04 23:18

Member 1018823

14-Apr-04 23:18

I didn't get what u mean by."Read the last section of this article"
Last section of which article shud i read ?
Can u please help me out.

Re: Odd memory leak cleans self upon window minimization

Member 101882315-Apr-04 0:39

Member 1018823

15-Apr-04 0:39

Oops! 'this' - word is hyperlinked to the article
Sorry for my wrong assumption.!!

colored lines in console

oOomen26-Feb-04 10:19

oOomen

26-Feb-04 10:19

hi, im new in c++ is it posible to print colored lines in console??
thanks

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Re: colored lines in console

Selvam R26-Feb-04 18:53

Selvam R

26-Feb-04 18:53

Hello,

SetConsoleTextAttribute function use to change the background or foreground color attribute.

With Regards,
R.Selvam

ExtractAssociatedIcon()

T1TAN26-Feb-04 10:16

T1TAN

26-Feb-04 10:16

hi everyone,

does anyone know how to get the associated icon with this function? i need to extract the icon and put in a popup menu, so i don't quite realize how to do it, because i get an HICON and i need a CBitmap? i've tried the MSDN stuff, but nothing appears on the menu...?

any ideas would be appreciated Smile | :)

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Bitmap and Text on the same line inside CRichEditCtrl

Chulips26-Feb-04 9:39

Chulips

26-Feb-04 9:39

Hello Folks!

I've tried without success to put text and bitmap in the same line inside a RichEdit control. Until now I get only the bitmap or only the text. There's a way to do that (using MFC, or not) ?

Thanks for any reply.

__________
Chulips

Re: Bitmap and Text on the same line inside CRichEditCtrl

Selvam R26-Feb-04 19:37

Selvam R

26-Feb-04 19:37

Hello,

try to change word wrap mode mode.

http://www.codeguru.com/Cpp/controls/richedit/article.php/c2409

With Regards,
R.Selvam

How to modify just a line of text in a file?

sysmatrix26-Feb-04 9:30

sysmatrix

26-Feb-04 9:30

If I have a text file as below, I want to modify the line 3 "This is a test line3" to "Line changed.

What is the best way to do that beside creating a new file?

--------- text file -------------
This is a test line1
This is a test line2
This is a test line3
This is a test line4
This is a test line 5
----------------------------------

Re: How to modify just a line of text in a file?

David Crow26-Feb-04 10:59

David Crow

26-Feb-04 10:59

Well, if you absolutely cannot create a new file, you can read in each line of the file to an array or list object. Skip the line that needs changed. Insert text that represents the changed line. Continue reading the remaining lines from the file. Now write the entire data structure back out to the file. Make sense?

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Re: How to modify just a line of text in a file?

Rajesh match26-Feb-04 18:45

Rajesh match

26-Feb-04 18:45

May this helps u
http://www.codeproject.com/file/crotarylog.asp#xx726324xx

Re: How to modify just a line of text in a file?

Selvam R26-Feb-04 19:07

Selvam R

26-Feb-04 19:07

Hello,

use CStdioFile ReadString function and store the CStringArray .

With Regards,
R.Selvam

map a network drive?

Joan M26-Feb-04 9:10

Joan M

26-Feb-04 9:10

Hello,

I'm trying to map a network drive, but it seems not to appear anything in the MSDN, does anybody know how do I have to do it?

PS:
I'm doing it from the system account before starting a session and from XYNTService (you can find it here in CP).

Thank you in advance.

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